Jennifer Crandall: Whitman, Alabama
April 1–July 17, 2022
Jennifer Chang Crandall, Smith College’s Lakes Writer-in-Residence for spring 2022, is the creator of the 52-part film "Whitman, Alabama."
One Day This Kid Will Attend The Met Gala: David Wojnarowicz and the Fashion World
Grace Ettinger '22 examines how celebrities and the fashion world interact with queer art. She is currently a Student Assistant at the Cunningham Center for Works on Paper within the SCMA.
Local Teachers Tour Maya Lin's Mappings Exhibition
Local teachers from the Mill River educator network gathered at the museum in March for a curator's walkthrough of the Maya Lin: Mappings exhibition. The event was organized by Gina Hall, Educator for School and Family Programs and Carol Berner, Lecturer, Department of Education and Child Study.
FULL, waitlist only—Reading the Landscape: A Guided Walk of the Mill River
1:00 PM
Space limited, register early! Full—waitlist only. Register here
Reclaiming Language with Marlene McCarty’s Perfect MX Girlfriends (Won’t Smell When Abused)
In this post, Brooklyn Quallen '25 discusses a painting from Marlene McCarty's Crash and Burn series. Brooklyn is a STRIDE scholar currently working with Emma Chubb, Charlotte Feng Ford ’83 Curator of Contemporary Art.
“WON’T SMELL WHEN ABUSED.” “IF IT’S GOT TITS OR WHEELS IT’S GONNA GIVE YOU PROBLEMS.” “BEND OVER, I’LL DRIVE.”
Register here. Or join Facebook Live
Spend your lunch break with SCMA students to hear what they have been working on during these unprecedented times.
Teacher Advisory Group meeting
4–5:30pm
RSVP required. Register here.
Reconnect with the museum and enjoy a private tour of the exhibition Maya Lin: Mappings with SCMA's Aprile Gallant, associate director of curatorial affairs and senior curator of prints, drawings, and photographs.
Teachers must show proof of vaccination or a Smith One-Card. Masks are required for entry.
Student Voices: Inside SCMA Curatorial Projects
12:15–1pm
Spend your lunch break with SCMA students to hear what they have been working on during these unprecedented times.
Stack Town and the Floating Files: A Comic Adventure Through Storage
Ariella Heise '22 shares her experience at the Cunningham Center inspired by the artwork of Trenton Doyle Hancock.
Red Hook at Bedford Terrace
March 11, 2022–April 2, 2023
During the 1980s, Sheila Pepe worked at SCMA in multiple roles, beginning as a gallery guard before working as a preparator’s assistant and a curatorial and administrative intern. In 2008, she returned to SCMA, to make Red Hook at Bedford Terrace. For Pepe, Red Hook at Bedford Terrace is a celebration of intersections and connectivity, of places, people, and their labor.